Heating system



C. B. EATINGER HEATING SYSTEM Filed Oct. 2. 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

reamed a. 25, 1927.

GLOYDE B. EA'.l.Il[1\l'G'lilR, OF CARROLL, IOWA.

HEATING SYSTEM.

Application filed October 2, 1925. Serial No. 60,084.

My present invention has reference to a heating system for automobiles.

My object is the provision of a device of this character whereby heat from the engine may be directed to radiators arranged beneath or adjacent to the seats of the automobile, and wherein such heat may be shut off when not desired. 4

A further object is the construction of an 1 exhaust manifold for automobile engines, having a swingable valve therein dividing the same into two compartments, through one of which the heated exhaust gases from the engine are directed to the mufiler in the usual manner, and the other having'a coil arranged therein which has pipe connections with radiators in the automobile, said coil and radiators being filled with water, the said water being heated when the swingable valve is swung to direct the full force of the heated exhaust gases from the engine against the coil.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement.

In the drawings:- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile equipped with my heating system, parts being in section.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional'view on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates broadly an ordinary construction of automobiles and 2 the motor thereof.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a specially constructed manifold for the motor 2.. This manifold is indicated by the numeral 3 and is of a greater width than that ordinarily employed but is connected to the engine in the same manner as the ordinary exhaust manifold. The manifold has an outlet-4 which is piped in the usual manner to the muffler for the engine. The manifold has its ends, adjacent to its top, provided with lugs 5 that receive therebetween the notched upper edges of a plate 6. In the bottom of the manifold there is a sto 7 for contacting engagement with the p ate 6.

' lFhe plate has secured in its upper 'edgea shaft 8 that finds hearings in the lugs 5. The shaft; 8 is, of course, secured to the plate. The plate is in the nature of a valve as well as a division plate for dividing the manifold into an inner compartment 9 and an outer compartment 10. The shaft 8 has its outer end connected, preferably through the me dium of a flexible joint 11, to an operating rod 12 having an offset handle end 13. The

rod 12 passes through the dash of the autoan upward position as disclosed by the dotted lines in Figure 3 to establish a communication between the compartments.

In the compartment 10 there is a coil 14. This coil has its opposite ends connected with pipes or tubes 15 and 16, respectively. The tube or pipe 15 communicates with pipes. 17 leadmgto the inlets of radiators 18 and 19 which are disposed adjacent to the seats of the automobile, while the pipe 16 is connected to the outlets for the said radiators. In the p pe 16 there is a drain cook 20 and in the plpe 15 there is a filler spout 21. The water inlet to the radiator is controlled by a valve 22.

In warm weather the exhaust gases from the engine'pass directly through the compartment 9 and through the mufller. The valve plate 6' is then, of course, in vertical or closed position. During winter driving the valve 6 is raised to establish a communication between the compartments so that the heater coil l t-will be subject to the direct force of the heated gases from the engine. In this manner the coils soon become heated, the water through the system is continuously circulated so that the radiators are likewise easily and uickly heated.

Having described t e invention, I claim A manifold for internal combustion engines, comprising a .comparatively wide member, a longitudinally extending swing.-' able valve therein-dividing the member into two compartments, one of said compartments communicating with an engine and having an exhaust, a heater coil in the second compartment and havin its ends extendin therethrough, anddeslgned to be connects to a radiator or thelike.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. GLO YDE B. EATINGER. 

